Best W H Pte 135929 Army Service Corps

BEST, WALTER HENRY, Private, No. 135929, Army Service Corps, eldest s. of Walter Henry Best, of 6. Tottenham Road, Kingsland, Dalston, N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of Cornelius Murphy; b. Islington, London, N.; educ. Tottenham County Council School; enlisted in Aug. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 1 Sept. 1918. Buried eight miles west of Arras. Major H. J. M. Howard wrote: “Your boy was a great favourite with all, and it was doing his duty so well, thinking of others, that he laid down his life.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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